This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 144 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 144 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In March 2009, which teams were confirmed to contest the World Netball Series in October 2009? A) Australia, New Zealand, England, Jamaica, Samoa, South Africa. B) Australia, New Zealand, England, Jamaica, Samoa, Malawi. C) Australia, New Zealand, England, Jamaica, South Africa, Malawi. D) Australia, New Zealand, England, South Africa, Malawi, Samoa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Australia, New Zealand, England, Jamaica, Samoa, Malawi. 2. Boules for competition pétanque are required to be what? A) Between 80 and 90 mm in diameter. B) Metal and hollow. C) Smooth. D) 900 gms (2.7 pounds) in weight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metal and hollow. 3. Project Habakkuk was a plan by the British in World War II to construct what from ice? A) Tanks. B) Aeroplanes. C) Bridges. D) Aircraft carriers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aircraft carriers. 4. What is likely to be achieved by tedding something? A) Talk in fields of technology or electronics. B) Dried grass, hay, or straw. C) Boredom. D) A sharp point. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dried grass, hay, or straw. 5. Which English composer, whose work included the operas "Koanga" and "A Village Romeo and Juliet" became increasingly crippled from 1918 and in 10 years was paralysed and blind? A) Edward Elgar. B) Henry Purcell. C) Jeremiah Clarke. D) Frederick Delius. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frederick Delius. 6. What was the name used sometimes in Victorian times for the tower at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London? A) The Monument. B) The Wren Campanile. C) Victoria Tower. D) St Stephen's Tower. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) St Stephen's Tower. 7. Sasha and Malia are the daughters of which political figure? A) Benjamin Netanyahu. B) Ehud Olmert. C) Barack Obama. D) Michel Suleiman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Barack Obama. 8. Which plant genus, with species ranging from low deciduous shrubs to evergreen trees up to 18 m (59 ft) tall and native to areas of Eurasia and Africa, flowers prolifically with dense pink spikes? A) Ceiba (silk floss tree). B) Tamarindus (tamarind). C) Buddleia. D) Tamarix (tamarisk or salt cedar). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tamarix (tamarisk or salt cedar). 9. What did the person or people acting under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto create in 2009? A) Bitcoin. B) Easily available software for deep fakes. C) The designs for the mascots of the 2020 Olympic Games. D) Sardex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bitcoin. 10. In what sport are the "stones" aimed at the "house" ? A) Rounders. B) Croquet. C) Quoits. D) Curling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Curling. 11. Which of these was the name of a mission to explore Mars? A) Discovery 4. B) Beagle II. C) Apollo 13. D) The Manhattan Project. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beagle II. 12. Which American TV sitcom series, originally airing from 1984 to 1992 and set in Brooklyn, New York, USA, spent all eight of its seasons in the top 20 in the Nielsen ratings? A) In Living Color. B) The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. C) The Cosby Show. D) All in the Family. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Cosby Show. 13. Considered by many to be the saltiest lake in the world, Don Juan Pond is found where? A) Victoria Land, Antarctica. B) Tadjoura, Djibouti. C) Otago, New Zealand. D) Nor Lipez Province, Bolivia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Victoria Land, Antarctica. 14. What was Deep Blue known for in 1997? A) A novel based on the TV series Doctor Who. B) As an album by Keiko Matsui. C) As a documentary film about Mississippi Delta blues music. D) Being the first computer to beat a world chess champion at the game. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Being the first computer to beat a world chess champion at the game. 15. Which Shakespearean play features a character called Iago? A) Twelfth Night. B) King Lear. C) Romeo and Juliet. D) Othello. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Othello. 16. Where is the Abyssal Zone? A) The dark side of the moon. B) The ocean floor. C) Sahara Desert. D) Between North and South Korea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ocean floor. 17. Where are crossblades used? A) On a speedskating track. B) In pruning trees. C) In a fencing tournament. D) In the snow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the snow. 18. As at 25 September 2017 who was No 1 in the tennis world rankings? A) Rafael Nadal. B) Roger Federer. C) Novak Djokovic. D) Nick Kyrgios. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rafael Nadal. 19. Which 1959 film is the story of a Prince of Judea accused of trying to assassinate a Roman tribune and exiled as a galley slave; he rescues a Roman ship's captain (who adopts him), then hears a sermon by Jesus and sees Jesus on his way to crucifixion? A) Ben Hur. B) The Ten Commandments. C) Barabbas. D) Written on the Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ben Hur. 20. What distance from earth does one have to get to qualify for NASA's definition of an astronaut? A) 5, 000 miles. B) 50, 000 miles. C) 500 miles. D) 50 miles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 50 miles. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGeneral QuizzesGeneral Knowledge Quiz 1General Knowledge Quiz 2General Knowledge Quiz 3General Knowledge Quiz 4General Knowledge Quiz 5General Knowledge Quiz 6General Knowledge Quiz 7General Knowledge Quiz 8General Knowledge Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books